Railway-tie.



KRUGER. RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION IjILED AUG. 13, 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

ANDREW KRUGER, OF HOLLAND, IOWA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1 914. Serial No. 714,867.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW KRUGER, a citizen of the Umted States, residing at Holland, in the county of Grundy, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tics; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the ii'ivemicn, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the Silllltfi.

This invention hasspecial reference to novel and useful improvements in railway tics and the essential object of the invention is evolved in the provision of a metallic tie embodying a substantially inverted T- shaped body of novel formation adapted to sit properly on the ground surface and capable of being readily embedded so as to prevent turning of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of metallic tie'embodying a flat base member having an uprightportion reinforced at the base and provided with notches for receiving tread sections for supporting and securing the rails thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tie and rails secured thereon. Fig.2 is a top plan view-thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. at is a. cross sectional view taken on the line H of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of one end of the tie with the plate carried thereby. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of the tie through one of the fastening bolts.

As illustrated. my improved tie embodies a metallic section 10 of substantially inverted T-shape in cross section and having a base portion 11, the opposite edges of which are provided with arcuate recesses 12 to decrease the weight thereof and provide enlarged end portions 13 so that when the ties are embedded in the ground, they may be held from lateral or longitudinal shifting.

The base-"11 is provided with a central web 14 which is of the same thickness as the base portion except that the parts where joined are considerably increased in thickness as shown at 1.5 to considerably reinforce the tie and prevent the web from breaking olf in (he direction of its thickness. The web is also provided with an arcuate recess 16 contrally of its upper edge to further decrease the weight of the tie and add resiliency thereto at the center, whereby its extremities or tread portions will be prevented from breaking. The upper edges of the end portions of the Web are extended on a horizontal plane and are provided with recesses or notches 1? communicating with-their upper edges for: receiving tread plates 18 therein whereby said plates will extend to either side of the web for supporting the rail sections 19 thereon.

In order to securely anchor the tread plates to the tie, clamping bolts 20 having their head portions 21 overlying the flanges of the rails are provided, the said bolts engaging through opposed securing blocks 22 and held by nuts 23, said blocks being formed integral with the tie.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious that a railway tie has been provided which though constructed of metal is so formed as to produce the desired resiliency necessary to avoid the great amount of noise generally caused by the travel of trains over metallic ties and which will possess the proper amount of resiliency to avoid its breaking. The sup orts for the rails will also equalize or istribute the weight of the trains in passing over the ties.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A metallic railway tie comprising an inverted T-shaped member providing a web extending vertically throughout the length of the tie and having horizontally disposed upper edges near the extremities of the ties, said web being also provided with rail-receiving recesses in said horizontal edges. diagonally opposed blocks formedintegral with the web adjacent the recesses and extending below the bottom walls of the recesses, a tread plate fitted in each recess with its upper face flush with the In testimon whereof, I aflix my signature, edges of'saidf horizcfntgllyhdisposed portions' in presence of two witnesses.

and the t0 aces o t e ocks and extending beyond the faces of the web "and rail ANDREW KRUGER' securin bolts engaged through the blocks, Witnesses: said b0 ts having engaging heads to extend S. HEIKo NUSSEW, beyond the inner edges of the blocks. Mrs. H. DIRKS. 

